The Ibanez QX52 is a headless 6-string electric guitar from the Quest (Q) series. Ibanez designed the Quest line from the ground up as a headless guitar rather than adapting an existing model. It uses a new Mono-Tune bridge and a proprietary string locking mechanism.
The QX subseries has 8-degree inward slanted frets, which are shaped for the ergonomics of technical playing. The body is Nyatoh. The neck is a 3-piece Parallel Wizard of roasted maple and bubinga, topped with a roasted birdseye maple fretboard.
It has two Q58 passive ceramic humbucker pickups, one at the neck and one at the bridge.
- Body
- Nyatoh
- Neck
- Parallel Wizard 3-piece roasted maple/bubinga
- Fretboard
- Roasted birdseye maple with mother of pearl step off-set dot inlay
- Frets
- 24 Jescar EVO Gold frets, 8-degree inward slanted
- Scale length
- 648 mm / 25.5"
- Nut width
- 42 mm
- Width at 24th fret
- 57 mm
- Thickness at 1st fret
- 19 mm
- String spacing
- 10.8 mm
- Bridge
- Ibanez Mono-Tune bridge
- Neck pickup
- Q58 humbucker, passive/ceramic
- Bridge pickup
- Q58 humbucker, passive/ceramic
- Strings
- D'Addario EXL110, gauges .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
- Factory tuning
- 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E
- Hardware color
- Cosmo black